XIV-XVII a. žiedai Vilniaus žemutinėje pilyje
ENThe present article for the first time presents a survey ti of rings found-not only in the Lower Castle of Vilnius but ri also in the Lithuanian cities. The total of 170 rings were found in the Lower Castle of F Vilnius, 50 in Vilnius city, 9 in Kaunas, 5 in Klaipėda, 8 in Trakai, and 4 rings in Old Trakai. Most of the rings are with broadened front, band-shaped and encrusted. There are also signet, braided and braid-imitating rings, rings with pits and d individual rings. Five smart golden rings stand out Yet most of rings are made of copper alloys, solitary ones are made of iron, tin or silver. Many rings are decorated with vegetal or geometric ornaments (zigzags, rhombuses, notches, pits, hacks, lattice, fringes, etc.) or religious motifs: crosses and monograms HIS. Rings with blazons, letters, Mary’s cross, and motifs of lions and palm as well as a bone ring and fragment of glass ring were found in the Lower Palace of Vilnius. The dating of rings in most cases corresponds with the dating of rings found in the Lithuanian burial grounds.
